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"Il agissait avec prudence, sans hâte, pleinement conscient du danger qu'il courait. Graduellement, à mesure qu'elle grandissait, il jetait à la flamme des bouts de bois de plus en plus gros. Il savait qu'il lui était interdit d'échouer." Dans les étendues glacées du Grand Nord, un homme se fraye un chemin à travers une nature hostile.

Tra la famiglia che l'ha trovato, debole e macilento, l'ha rifocillato e guarito, e l'antico padrone che ricompare improvvisamente alla porta, Brown Wolf chi deciderà di seguire?Un racconto tra i più celebri di Jack London.Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta "C'erano una volta un cane e un gatto".

Diese abenteuerliche Goldgräbergeschichte stammt aus der Feder eines erzählerischen Naturtalents, das so ganz aus dem eigenen abenteuerlichen Leben schöpfte. Eine fesselnde und zugleich nachdenklich stimmende Geschichte.

Tom King ist Profiboxer, der den Höhepunkt seiner Karriere schon hinter sich hat. Er soll gegen einen vielversprechenden jungen Unbekannten antreten...

Venduto ai cercatori d'oro che lo mettono al traino delle slitte, Buck impara presto a sopravvivere alle fredde notti e alla legge primitiva e violenta degli uomini. Sullo sfondo dei ghiacciai del Klondike, Buck si lancia in imprese memorabili e, tra fatiche impervie e nuovi legami, si risveglia irrefrenabile in lui un istinto atavico che lo spinge verso la foresta, lo spazio aperto e selvaggio.

Unter strikter Einhaltung des Reinheitsgebots ist hier eine Sammlung der schönsten Geschichten über das "flüssige Brot" zusammengebraut...

Dealing with the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf White Fang, he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats...

Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts lebt der Hund Buck im Süden der USA. Eines Tages wird er von dem Gärtner seines Besitzers aufgrund von Spielschulden entführt und als Schlittenhund nach Alaska verschleppt. Im Verlauf der Geschichte erreicht ihn mehr und mehr der "Ruf der Wildnis". Nach vielen Abenteuern mit ständig wechselnden Schlittenführern wird Buck von John Thornton gerettet. Die beiden werden ein unzertrennliches Paar.

Jack London schrieb viele bekannte Abenteuergeschichten.

In "Wie einstmals Argus" will der alte John Tarwater es noch einmal wissen: Er macht sich auf den beschwerlichen Weg nach Klondike, dem Grenzgebiet zwischen Kanada und Alaska, um Gold zu suchen. Dazu muß er übermenschliche Anstrengungen vollbringen und ist häufig dem Tod näher als dem Leben...

In letzter Sekunde wird Humphrey nach einem Schiffsunglück aus dem eiskalten Wasser gerettet. Doch statt ihn an Land zu bringen, behandelt ihn der Kapitän wie einen Gefangenen: Humphrey muss auf dem Robbenfänger harte Arbeit verrichten. Der "Seewolf", wie Kapitän Larsen genannt wird, macht seiner Mannschaft das Leben zur Hölle.

The Call of the Wild, written in 1903, brought Jack London to the world's attention. It is the story of Buck, part St. Bernard and part Scotch shepherd dog, who shows the strengths of both breeds when he is stolen and sold off as a sled dog in the Yukon during the gold rush. It is a heartfelt story that appeals to both children and adults.

Sitka Charley had achieved the impossible. Other Indians might have known as much of the wisdom of the trail as did he; but he alone knew the white man's wisdom, the honor of the trail, and the law.

David Sheldon is a smart, resourceful plantation owner in turn-of-the-century Solomon Islands. Despite his mastery and competence, his fortunes are going badly. Disease, financial difficulties, and uproar among his two hundred indentured laborers threaten to end his endeavors in failure or even death. Just when the situation seems worst, Joan Lackland comes blowing into his world.

"Rasskazy rybach'ego patrulja", ili "Rasskazy rybackogo patrulja"; "Prikljuchenija rybach'ego patrulja" (angl. Tales of the Fish Patrol) - sbornik rasskazov Dzheka Londona, vpervye izdannyj v 1905 godu. Dejstvie rasskazov proishodit v zalive San-Francisko, v centre sjuzheta nahoditsja dejatel'nost' mestnogo "rybnadzora".

London takes us back to the Pleistocene when we still lived in the trees. Written in the first-person, the story revolves around the vivid, interlocking dreams from childhood that involve racial memories and the knowledge of his prior existence as a man-like creature named Big Tooth.

More of the Greatest Mysteries of All Time is the second in a series featuring the finest short story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present. From Thomas Hardy, O. Henry, Jack London, Vincent Starrett and everyone in between, this unique collection, edited by multi-award winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Jack London draws upon his own experiences of a long Klondike winter to tell the story of two men, complete opposites in almost every way, who break off from their gold-searching party to spend a long winter together in a remote cabin. Thinking it will be easier than pushing on further north with the rest of the party, they fight against the cold, dwindling supplies, endless days of complete darkness, encroaching madness, the ubiquitous "Fear of the North", and ultimately, each other.

Sometimes a man's pride paints them into a corner. The men of Forty Mile watch as two of their own are set to duel, each feeling they have suffered at the hands of the other. Malamute Kid hates to see them kill each other, he wasn't even sure they really wanted to, but perhaps he could find a way to help the men save face in the tough days of winter. Will one or both men die? Can old friends make a return to friendship?

Dlja vseh rasskazov Dzheka Londona iz sbornika "Poterjannyj lik" harakterna nasyshhennaja prikljuchencheskaja kanva - kak raz to, chto uvlekaet chitatelja. Soderzhanie: "Poterjannyj lik", "Poruchenie", "Razvesti kostjor", "Pjatno", "Zolotoj luch", "Ischeznovenie Markusa O'Brajena", "Ostroumie Porportuka."

Rasskazy Dzheka Londona iz sbornika "Lunnyj lik", sozdannye v raznye periody tvorchestva, povestvujut o ljudjah, derzhashhih sud'bu v sobstvennyh rukah, - o takih ljudjah, k kotorym prinadlezhal i sam Dzhek London. V svoih rasskazah Londona stremitsja pokazat' cheloveka v tjazheloj zhiznennoj situacii, na perelome sud'by, sochetaja realisticheskie opisanija obstojatel'stv s duhom romantiki i prikljuchenij. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.